Easton drug raid turns up heroin near 2-year-old child

February 28, 2013

Easton police raided an apartment in the 1000 block of Northampton Street Thursday morning and found about $2,400 worth of heroin.

Nicholas Maietta, 24, who lived in the apartment, with a woman and a 2-year-old child, was taken into custody on charges of possession with intent to deliver heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Police said the child was in close proximity to the heroin, and Northampton County Children and Youth Services was contacted.